COLLECTION NAME:
Maps Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1211157
Reference Number:
Booker & Mills C76
Image Title:
Northumbria, Cumbria, Westmoreland and Lancashire
Parent Work Title:
Tractus Regni Angliae Septentrion. in quo Ducatus Eboracensis, Episcopatus Dunelmensis, Comitatus Northumbriae, Cumbriae, Westmoriae, et Lancastriae cum Mona Insula
Creator:
Wit, Frederik de
Creator Role:
Cartographer
Date Created:
1693
Description:
Map: Southern Scotland to The Wash. Hand coloured with a decorative title cartouche (top right) incorporating a putto and four people bathing in a sea by a rocky shore. Four Scale bars indicate English, French, German and Scottish miles. Very rich detail includes cities, place names, rivers and mountains. Castles and significant buildings are illustrated by drawings and borders are shaded in red and green.
Language Code:
lat
Language Name:
Latin
Sub-Category:
Maps
Technique Used:
Printed
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
17th Century CE
Places Covered:
Scotland
Places Covered:
England
Item Height:
525 mm
Item Width:
616 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Colonel Dudley Mills and Mr R.P.L. Booker, former owners
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Copyright restrictions apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2012-02-07
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2012-07
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
